definition of fortress
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fortressnoun  [ C] fortress meaning, definition, what is fortress: a large, strong building or group of buildings that can be defended from attack. Learn more.
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- A fortress of suspicion and police repression aligned against the persecuted people of this earth. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Walls of the fortress were consolidated with semicircular towers.
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fortressnoun  [ C] Around the fortress are seven circular mounds, which at first suggest the idea of being the work of mound-builders. Have we destroyed the fleets of our enemies, fired their towns, and laid their fortresses in ruins?
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Castle A castle (from Latin: castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble.he castle builders of Western Europe were aware of and influenced by Roman design; late Roman coastal forts on the English  Saxon Shore  were reused and in Spain the wall around the city of Ávila ávila Imitated roman architecture when it was built in. 1091
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turret turret. n. 1. (Architecture) a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, esp a medieval castle. 2. (Military). a. a self-contained structure, capable of rotation, in which weapons are mounted, esp in tanks and warships.
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- n fortification consisting of a low wall a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
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User Contributed Dictionary In a fortification with bastions, the citadel is the strongest part of the system, sometimes well inside the outer walls and bastions, but often forming part of the outer wall for the sake of economy.
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Definition of 'fortify' Definition of 'fortify'. Word Frequency. fortify (fɔːʳtɪfaɪ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense fortifies , present participle fortifying , past tense , past participle fortified. 1. verb. To fortify a place means to make it stronger and more difficult to attack, often by building a wall or ditch round it.
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- bulwark (plural bulwarks) 1  A defensive wall or rampart. 2  A defense or safeguard. Blackstone The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, […] the floating bulwark of our island. 3  A breakwater.
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dungeon a strong, dark prison or cell, usually underground, as in a medieval castle. 2. the keep or stronghold of a castle; donjon. Origin of dungeon. Middle English.
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FORTRESS Meaning: A fortified defensive structure. Classified under: Nouns denoting man-made objects. Synonyms: fortress; fort. Hypernyms (fortress is a kind of...): defence; defense; defensive structure (a structure used to defend against attack). Meronyms (parts of fortress): battlement; crenelation; crenellation (a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns).
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- A castle was built to withstand attack from enemy. Castle builders added many defensive features to make their castles difficult to attack. Many castles were built on high ground with clear views of the surrounding land.
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barrack 2 noun, Usually, barracks. 1. a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison. 2. any large, plain building in which many people are lodged. verb (used with or without object) 3. to lodge in barracks.
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Definition of 'arsenal' Definition of 'arsenal'. arsenal (ɑːʳsənəl ) An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person. Russia and the other republics are committed to destroying most of their nuclear arsenals. They possess a formidable arsenal of rifles, machine guns, landmines and teargas.
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- bastion (plural bastions) 1  a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, Beginnings, [1] […] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia.
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- Full Definition of CASTLE. 1. a: a large fortified building or set of buildings b: a massive or imposing house. 2. : a retreat safe against intrusion or invasion.3. : 3rook.See castle defined for English-language learners.See castle defined for kids.ull Definition of CASTLE. 1. a: a large fortified building or set of buildings b: a massive or imposing house. 2. : a retreat safe against intrusion or invasion. 3. : 3rook. See castle defined for English-language learners. See castle defined for kids.
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- Gallery - long passage or room. Garderobe - a small latrine or toilet either built into the thickness of the wall or projected out from it; projects from the wall as a small, rectangular bartizan. Garret - the top storey of a building within the roof. Garrison - the soldiers who manned and occupied a castle or fort.
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- Fortification. 1  a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. 2  such an elevation together with the parapet.
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tower 1 a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building. 2. such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc. 3. any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: fortress (Noun). A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. fortress (Verb).
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Castles Glossary Castles Glossary. Bailey: A castle courtyard. Barbican: A stone building protecting the gateway or entrance of a castle. Battlements: A parapet with indentations and raised portions (merlons). Battlements are sometimes called crenellations. Buttress: Projection from the wall that provides extra support for the building.atehouse: A building protecting the entrance to a castle. Great Hall: The main room in the building where the castle owner and his family lived. Keep: Main stone tower of a castle.
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defence Noun. 1. bastion-a group that defends a principle; a bastion against corruption; the last bastion of communism. defence force, defense force, defence, defense-an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; he joined the defense against invasion.
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shield A person or thing that provides protection. 3. A protective device or structure, as: a. A steel sheet attached to an artillery piece to protect gunners from small-arms fire and shrapnel. b. Physics A wall or housing of concrete or lead built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.
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- Keep-This definition changed slightly over the centuries of castle building. In the early years of stone castle building the Keep was a standalone structure that could be defended and often square in shape. Over the centuries these structures were improved upon and built around.